Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1918

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,348
2	Annie	555
3	Willie	422
4	Ruby	287
5	Ruth	242
6	Mildred	237
7	Frances	224
8	Mattie	219
9	Louise	210
10	Lillie	205
11	Dorothy	204
11	Ethel	204
13	Elizabeth	198
14	Bessie	191
15	Margaret	190
15	Rosie	190
17	Helen	183
18	Lucille	181
19	Emma	177
19	Minnie	177
21	Alice	176
22	Jessie	170
23	Martha	168
24	Gladys	161
25	Clara	158

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Edna	158
27	Sarah	154
28	Thelma	152
29	Ida	151
30	Hazel	149
31	Hattie	148
32	Lillian	147
33	Lula	145
34	Beatrice	143
34	Marie	143
36	Carrie	133
37	Evelyn	128
38	Fannie	122
39	Irene	121
40	Mamie	118
41	Myrtle	116
41	Virginia	116
43	Ella	114
44	Maggie	113
45	Katie	111
45	Laura	111
47	Grace	101
48	Alma	98
49	Bertha	95
50	Velma	94
51	Susie	92
52	Alberta	91
52	Ora	91
54	Eva	90
54	Mae	90
56	Anna	89
57	Gertrude	88
57	Julia	88
57	Pauline	88
60	Bernice	86
60	Christine	86
60	Edith	86
63	Doris	84
63	Lucy	84
65	Georgia	82
65	Lois	82
67	Catherine	81
68	Josephine	80
69	Lena	79
69	Viola	79
71	Flora	78
72	Katherine	77
73	Essie	76
74	Johnnie	72
74	Lizzie	72
74	Ollie	72
74	Vera	72
78	Geneva	71
78	Juanita	71
78	Mable	71
81	Cora	69
81	Sallie	69
83	Sara	68
84	Florence	66
84	Inez	66
86	Lucile	64
86	Rosa	64
88	Addie	63
88	Elsie	63
90	Daisy	60
91	Nancy	58
92	Betty	56
93	Wilma	54
94	Effie	53
94	Eunice	53
94	Mabel	53
94	Pearl	53
94	Vivian	53
99	Nellie	52
100	Nettie	50
100	Rose	50